Apple Pie
Filmed on Super 16mm film in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Western Samoa, and a remote mountaintop astro-physics observatory in eastern Oregon high plain desert, Apple Pie uses our solar system as a template for speculatively exploring various ways in which astronomical observation has shaped human evolution, culture, and agency.
The work is structured into ten parts that are named after and take their respective conceptual cues from one of the ten most notable celestial bodies of our solar system. Each part is designed to function autonomously as a standalone conceptual and aesthetic proposition.
But when combined, these ten parts take on a much more complex and generative nature. By smashing physics into poetics and culture into politics, the film becomes a dynamic playground for fertile introspection and relational divination. An instrument of meaning-making as unapologetically messy and verdant as life itself.
2016
duration: 82:00
Single-channel feature-length film, shot on super 16mm in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Western Samoa, and the USA.
Created and produced by Sam Hamilton
Featuring: Ioane Papali'i
Cast: Ioane Papali’i Lauren Waudé, Dean Roberts, Kasina Campbell, Oscar Dowling, Jon Bywater, Louise Menzies, Andy Hamilton, Metusela Toso, Mosiana Webster, Nikki Upoko, Jasmine Day, Lisa Clarke, Tyla Davis, Ezra Williams, Jackson Hobbs, Stephen Bain, Chelsea Jade Metcalf, Josh Rutter, Sam Hamilton.
Cinematography: Ian Powell & Sam Hamilton
Co-Production: Lauren Waudé, Mark Williams, Chiara Giovando, Mia Ferm,
Funding: Creative New Zealand, CIRCUIT Artist Film & Video Aotearoa, Wallace Arts Trust, NZ Arts Foundation Boosted campaign.
Film Processing & Scanning: Reversal Cine Auckland, Yale Film Lab, Elam School of Fine Arts, LIGHTPRESS
5.1 Sound Mixing: REX Production and Post
DCP Production: NEXT Technology
Narration: Sam Hamilton, Mere Tokorahi Boynton, Muagututia Kelemete Fu'a
Music: Sam Hamilton, Muffin Seeks Sunship Gong Ensemble, John Goff on bagpipes, vocals by Holland Andrews, Dan Bryant, Chiara Giovando & Andrew Miller.
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Exhibition History:
Portland Art Museum (2017)
Wallace Arts Center (2018)
Screenings:
Morra Fondazione, Napoli, Italy (2023)
CLOSE UP, London, (2017)
New Zealand International Film Festival (2016).
PAMCUT. Portland, OR (2024).
Anita Gallery, Astoria, OR (2022).
Gray Area, SF (2017).
Film Forum, Seattle (2017).
Panel LA, Los Angeles (2017).
Bread and Salt, San Diego (2017).Ace Hotel & Swim Club. Palm Springs, CA (2017)
Thousand Points of Light. Joshua Tree, CA (2017)
Miniplex, Arcata, CA. (2017)
Doe Bay Resort, WA. (2017)
